Shellfish harvested in Washington between Feb. 13 and March 3 may be linked to an illness outbreak ...

Those who want to lease public coastal waters to cultivate shellfish have until Aug. 1 to submit applications.

On March 5 the Washington State Department of Health, via Whatcom County, ordered an emergency closure of recreational and commercial shellfish harvest in Drayton Harbor after illnesses were linked to ...

If there was a frontline in the fight over climate change, a good place to start might be oyster farms in places like the Pacific Northwest or the East Coast. A new study published Monday in Nature ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed reclassifying squids and other cephalopods as shellfish, removing its responsibility for regulating those fishery products and ensuring they are ...

The FDA on Monday warned consumers about oysters and clams which could be contaminated with norovirus and were sent to nine states, including California, Florida and New York ...

A new threat to New England's shellfish industry seems to be establishing itself more firmly, and regulators are trying to stay ahead of potentially deadly blooms of toxic algae that may be driven by ...

Some seafood products sold to California businesses were recalled over concerns they may be contaminated with the highly contagious norovirus, according to the FDA.

Warm weather and low tides are good for harvesting shellfish, but nice weather is also ideal for naturally occurring bacteria to multiply, raising the risk of illness, warns the Washington State ...

Washington health department officials say a norovirus-like illness has been linked to shellfish sold in stores and ...

The emergency closure comes after several people became sick after eating shellfish from Drayton Harbor in Whatcom County.

Mussels from Prince Edward Island, cockles from New Zealand, periwinkles from Cape Cod and clams from Vancouver -- the shellfish on our dinner plates have flown in from all over for the occasion. And ...